batemans bay

11 February 2006 4:10pm

i love this house. it is such a calm, beautiful place. liz has spent the entire day downstairs creating, and she's glowing like she's won lotto. i haven't been quite as productive, although admittedly i did 3 drawings, worked on my project, watched a movie, worked on my knitting and crochet and cleaned up, as well as buying groceries. maybe i'm being a little hard on myself - when i think about that i've done a lot, but i still feel like i'm relaxing.

i'm very much relieved to have a roof because my cold left my head and went to my chest and i have asthma and laryngitis again. i'm deliberately not using my voice much so i don't lose it completely again. this is my fourth bout of laryngitis in 6 months. something makes me think the universe is telling me to shut up. i'm finding it really frustrating because i wanted to spend a lot of time this trip improving my voice, but it seems it is not to be, for the time being at least.

anyone with treatments or cures for laryngitis, LET ME KNOW PLEEEEEEASE

i found a ruth rendell mystery in my bedroom and i'm loving the fact that i can just sink into it without having to think - perfect escapism. i generally tend to choose books that you can learn something rom, or that really make you think about the world - not thinking is magnificent.